Mattis, Kelly ‘insulted’ by Woodward’s ‘work of fiction’

The book says that Mr Trump's former lawyer in the Russia probe, John Dowd, doubted the President's ability to avoid perjuring himself should he be interviewed in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference and potential coordination with Mr Trump's campaign.

According to the book, Mr Trump told Defense Secretary Jim Mattis that he wanted to have Mr Assad assassinated after the Syrian president launched a chemical attack on civilians in April 2017.

Mattis told Trump he would proceed with such a plan, but immediately told an aide, after getting off the phone with the president that, "We're not going to do any of that".

Woodward's book, which is described as based on in-depth interviews with those in and around the West Wing, details a dysfunctional White House in which Trump is an unpredictable boss not respected by top aides.

"The Washington Post, which obtained a copy of the book, reported Tuesday that former Trump attorney John Dowd arranged a mock interview for January 27.

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Bob Woodward's tell-all book has outraged the White House

But never once - never - did I think Woodward made it up", Ari Fleischer, a White House press secretary under former President George W. Bush, tweeted Tuesday. I told you he was a goddamn dumbbell.

The US remains part of both trade agreements as it negotiates new terms.

Now, both CNN and the Post recount a scene from the book in which Trump sits down with his then-personal lawyer John Dowd for a mock interview.

The book quotes USA defence secretary Jim Mattis as calling Trump a fifth-grader. "And you publish that transcript, because everything leaks in Washington, and the guys overseas are going to say, 'I told you he was an idiot". "Not all Southerners are dumb".

And the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said that she had never heard Mr Trump talking about assassinating the Syrian president. "He made this up to divide!", Mr Trump said in the Tweet.

No one coming to terms with the Trump presidency has any reason to be surprised by what they're seeing, including the people who've chose to work for him - which, of course, begs the question: Why did all these folks who've spoken to Woodward decide to work in the Trump White House to begin with?

According to the book, Kelly often vented his frustration with Trump.

The book is supposed to come out in a few weeks.

Woodward reports that Mattis ignored the order and told subordinates to prepare a more conventional airstrike on Syrian military targets instead, according to the Post. "It's either that or an orange jumpsuit".

In a scathing reaction, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz appeared on CNN declaring, "Damn it, this is not a good news story". They contend President Donald Trump's administration viewed Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens, a claim it denies.

Tottenham were tenants of Wembley last season and had hoped to return to White Hart Lane, and their new stadium, this season. Arsenal , who lost to City in last season's final, face Brentford while Tottenham will host Watford .

Continetti said the key to Trump's recent trade negotiations was concentrating on Mexico and leaving Canada to one side. Trump also has attacked the current trilateral pact repeatedly, calling it the "worst trade deal ever made".

The back will be aluminum from the bottom nearly to the top, where it switches to glass for the single-camera setup. In the Pixel series, Google appears to still be adamant on the single rear camera with dual-tone LED flash.

In addition to Florence, forecasters also are watching a tropical wave located that's just emerged off the west coast of Africa. A Storm Surge Watch was also issued from the Mississippi-Alabama border westward to the Mouth of the Mississippi River.

The money would be focused on infrastructure to help speed African countries' development, not on "vanity projects", Xi said. China's exports to Africa grew by 2.7 per cent to $94.74 billion, while its imports rose by 32.8 per cent to $75.26 billion.

Twitter's Dorsey, meanwhile, is slated to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in addition to the Senate. Many senators expressed anger at Google, which was represented in the hearing room by an empty chair next to Sandberg.

Speaking to US Weekly on Monday (August 27), Knight spoke about Aretha's death and got reflective on her own life. Clinton ended with this praise of Franklin: "You should remember in this time about this magnificent woman".

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